"Peace and love, peace and love!"
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Ringo Starr quotes (page 3 of 7)
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"We thought we'd be really big in Liverpool."
"I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs."
"The drummer's always going to be there. They're the floor of the whole deal and everyone can stand up on you."
"I don't collect any memorabilia. I wish I'd have kept everything I had. But who knew you had to keep it. Just gave it away. And we lost so much and we didn't look after a lot of it."
"You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy."
"They said do what you want, because if we don't like it no one will hear it."
"I'm not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do."
"I've said this over and over again, but I love being in a band."
"Beatles, women and children first!"
"I couldn't put my finger on one reason why we broke up. It was time, and we were spreading out. They were spreading out more than I was. I would've stayed with the band."
"The kids are interested in the music of them. They're not interested in mop-tops and Beatle boots and crazy suits. It's all down to the music now - that's what they hear, and that's what they love."
"We [the band] had this open door policy - if you walked in the door, you were asked to play"
"I play weird. I'm always just behind. We [drummers] only have so much room. We're not guitarists."
"I hate click tracks. A lot of people I know like to use click tracks. Like my son is perfect on the click tracks. It makes me to edgy."
"I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I don't remember all the bombs though they did actually break up Liverpool, you know. I remember when I was a little older, there was big gaps in all the streets where houses used to be. We used to play over them."
"I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself."
"I am a big Beatles fan. And, you know, unbeknownst to anyone, I used to be one. But I have no problems of putting titles and lines from other songs in my songs, because they're great lines and great titles."
"I think we should have understanding and love and peace. I mean, peace and love has been my situation. You hear that in the song. I'm trying to promote that now: peace and love and understanding."
"I am, I definitely am. I'm really excited about that."